Sunday, April 30, 2017

Celebrate Gendo Ikari's 50th Birthday With A Special Preview Of Dark Horse's "Evangelion: Legend Of The Piko Piko Middle School Students"

Happy 50th birthday to Evangelion's Gendo Ikari (born 04/29/1967 - he shares April 29th with voice actor Fumihiko Tachiki).  We have something special to celebrate. On May 10th, manga, comic and art book publisher Dark Horse will be releasing their English edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend Of The Piko Piko Middle School Students, an Eva meets video game comedy from Yushi Kawata (Fist of the North Star: Taste Of Strawberry) and Yukito.

 

Get a preview here!

 

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: LEGEND OF THE PIKO PIKO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS VOLUME 1 TPB

Mysterious invaders are threatening Earth . . . so recruit a group of elite school kids to play video games that secretly train them for the real fight that lies ahead! Does this plan sound familiar? Well, they’d better get a new plan, because the elite school kids are Shinji, Rei, Asuka, and Kaworu, and they’re too busy playing games to ever get in the fricking robot!

* Full of video game parodies—it’s Evangelion meets Let’s Play!

* The most famous anime franchise of the last 20 years!

 

CREATORS

Writer:
Yushi Kawata
Artist:
Yukito
Cover Artist:
Yukito
Genre: Humor, Manga
Publication Date:
May 10, 2017
Format:
b&w, 152 pages; TPB, 5 1/8'' x 7 1/4''
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14
ISBN-10:
1-50670-151-5
ISBN-13:
978-1-50670-151-6

 

 

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

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